2nd time family skiing

On the second day of the new year we went skiing with a homeschool group for our second time. 

The kids had to do ski school again, but since they were intermediate beginners it didn't take all morning. Before we knew it we were all on the slopes, far away from the bunny hill. Evie found Norah pretty quick and they hung out for the remaining morning. 

This was just after we had finished ski school so we were all still figuring things out. Not Terry though, he's a pro. Evie, however, really picked it up quickly. She had motivation to keep up with Norah.

There's Samuel. It took him a little longer to figure it out, but he did immensely better than last year.

This was a green slope that was super easy for all of us.

Me and Evie on the lift.

Our ski tips.

Look at the concentration.

I think this was still pretty early on too, maybe one of his first trips down the big blue hill.

I passed them and took this video from the bottom. 

Noah in the foreground, Samuel on the ground in the back, me in the black, and Evie in pink.

All of us making our way down. Noah is very cautious, just like me. However I had immense improvement by using no ski poles! Wish I had tried that about ten years ago (I'm not a good skier). 

Samuel was on the ground a lot in the morning but he improved quite a bit in the afternoon. That's me gesturing towards him on the ground. 😂

Samuel and I a little farther down.

We swapped taking photos for a couple at the top of the lift. It was nice to have a picture with all of us...minus Ezra. He was too little and had to stay at the ranch.

I think Evie was off somewhere with Norah.

Terry and Noah.

Noah (and us behind him) going down that easy green.

To get to that green we had to go down this steep little section one at a time. Terry filmed us coming out.

A little further on there.

Further on yet.

A pano of Noah at the top near the end of the day. It was so beautiful up there.

We stayed until they closed right at 4pm and this was one of our last runs down the blue on the back side of the mountain. It sure gets dark this time of year.